NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading
U.S. president Barack Obama entered office with a bold plan to combat Afghanistan’s escalating insurgency… Continue reading
It should be obvious by now that President Barack Obama and his administration don’t know some basic things about the conduct of international relations… Continue reading
Westerners tend to believe that the debate in the Arabic-speaking universe is sort of like debate in the West… Continue reading
As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading
In his State of the Union message, President Barack Obama began by wrapping himself in the flag, patriotism, and love of the armed forces while trying to highlight his foreign policy achievements… Continue reading
More than 50 percent of Afghans see the Western Alliance (ISAF / NATO) as occupying forces… Continue reading
We Afghans are proud to have partnered, over the past ten years, with the world’s struggle against terrorism… Continue reading
On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading
Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading
Ahmad Rashid is widely considered to be the best journalist on Afghan and related Pakistani issues… Continue reading
I am in favor of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but I was fascinated with how President Barack Obama handled the issue… Continue reading
Diplomats describe Afghan president as weak, indecisive, paranoid and beholden to criminals to maintain power… Continue reading
Iran is financing a range of Afghan religious and political leaders, grooming Afghan religious scholars, training Taliban militants and… Continue reading
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Helmand governor and US commander criticise UK failure to impose security and engage with Afghans… Continue reading
Ambassador in Kabul reports pervasive ‘wealth extraction’ by establishment and apparent powerlessness of US to stop it… Continue reading
A scandal involving foreign contractors employed to train Afghan policemen who took drugs and paid for young… Continue reading
The remarkably moderate private views of a group of former Taliban regime officials are revealed in detail by the US embassy cables… Continue reading
Dispatches show anxiety of Hamid Karzai’s family and supporters, and US doubts about president’s volatility… Continue reading
The US military has been charging its allies a 15% handling fee on hundreds of millions of dollars being raised internationally to… Continue reading
There are sobering lessons to be drawn from the Alasay Valley in Southern Kapisa, where the strategic dynamics have shifted back in favor of the insurgency… Continue reading
In a January 18 meeting with Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on… Continue reading
President Karzai told Holbrooke January 16 [2010] that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before… Continue reading
In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about… Continue reading
At President Karzai’s direction, the Afghan Office of the National Security Council has taken on the task of interagency coordination of… Continue reading
As the kingpin of Kandahar, the President’s younger half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai dominates access to economic resources… Continue reading
US Committee consider possible courses of action that U.S. military and Embassy personnel may employ against criminal and corrupt Afghan officials… Continue reading
U.S. National Intelligence Officer (NiO) for South Asia, Dr. Peter Lavoy, briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the National Intelligence Estimate… Continue reading
US diplomats in Afghanistan continually warned that night raids against insurgents by special forces had dramatically eroded public support for the Nato mission… Continue reading
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag signaleert dat Nederlandse diplomaten unaniem melden dat het lastig is om de verlenging van de Nederlandse missie… Lees verder
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag vertelt hoe Amerikanen Wouter Bos wilden overtuigen van verlenging van de missie… Lees verder
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag beschrijft de situatie inzake de missie in Afghanistan die is ontstaan na de val van het kabinet en de aanloop naar de verkiezingen van 9 juni 2010… Lees verder
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag geeft een eerste signaal over Bos zijn harde opstelling ten opzichte van de VS die de diplomatieke… Lees verder
“Government Collapse Not In Our Interest” schrijven de Amerikanen. Als door nieuwe verkiezingen Wilders groter wordt, is de kans… Lees verder
Ambtsbericht van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Den Haag over de reacties op Obama’s Afghanistan-speech waarin fractievoorzitter Pieter van Geel (CDA) de Amerikanen vertelt… Lees verder
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